Locus, June 2013

by Locus Publications

  Jan ’14: A Darkling Sea by James Cambias (eb, hc); Dragon and Phoenix by Joanne Bertin (r); He Drank, and Saw the Spider by Alex Bledsoe (eb, hc); Farside by Ben Bova (r); Tarnished by Rhiannon Held (r); Rex Regis by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (eb, hc); The Emperor’s Blades by Brian Stavely (eb, hc); Halo: UNSC #3 by Karen Traviss (hc, eb, x, tp); Dreams of the Golden Age by Carrie Vaughn (eb, hc); What Makes This Book So Great by Jo Walton (nf, eb, hc); Dragon Weather by Lawrence Watt-Evans (r, tp); Like a Mighty Army by David Weber (eb, hc).

  Feb ’14: Halo: Silentium by Greg Bear (r, x, tp); The Six-Gun Tarot by R.S. Belcher (r, h); Secrets in the Shadows by Jenna Black (r, tp); A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan (r, tp); Hurricane Fever by Tobias S. Buckell (eb, hc); Deep Down by Deborah Coates (r, tp); Trinity Rising by Elspeth Cooper (r); The Waking Engine by David Edison (eb, hc); Pandemonium by Warren Fahy (r, h); Pillar to the Sky by William R. Forstchen (eb, hc); Reflected by Rhiannon Held (eb, hc); Hellhole: Awakening by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson (r); A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (r); Wild Cards III: Jokers Wild ed. by George R.R. Martin (r, tp); The Magic Engineer by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (r, tp); Stepping Stone/Love Machine by Walter Mosley (r, c); Song of Ireland by Juilene Osborne-McKnight (r, tp); The Fractal Prince by Hannu Rajaniemi (r, tp); Three Princes by Ramona Wheeler (eb, hc); Nightworld by F. Paul Wilson (r, h); The Judge of Ages by John C. Wright (eb, hc).

  Mar ’14: The Eldritch Conspiracy by Cat Adams (r); The Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan (hc); The Gate Thief by Orson Scott Card (r); Splintegrate by Deborah Christian (eb, hc); Strange Country by Deborah Coates (eb, hc); Working God’s Mischief by Glen Cook (eb, hc); The Raven’s Shadow by Elspeth Cooper (1st US, hc); London Falling by Paul Cornell (r, h); The Pilgrims by Will Elliott (1st US, hc); Dead Spots by Rhiannon Frater (h, eb, tp); Impulse by Steven Gould (r); Mentats of Dune by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson (eb, hc); Winter’s Heart by Robert Jordan (r, tp); Without a Summer by Mary Robinette Kowal (r, tp); Fortune’s Blight by Evie Manieri (1st US, eb, hc); Elsewhens by Melanie Rawn (r, tp); The Human Division by John Scalzi (r); Lockstep by Karl Schroeder (eb, hc); Necessary Evil by Ian Tregillis (r, tp); The Time Traveler’s Almanac ed. by Ann VanderMeer & Jeff VanderMeer (tp, eb, hc); Quintessence by David Walton (r, tp).

  TOR TEEN

  May ’13: The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson (eb, ya, hc).

  Jun ’13: Dark Companion by Marta Acosta (r, ya, tp); Solstice by P.J. Hoover (r, eb, ya, hc).

  Jul ’13: Replica by Jenna Black (ya, tp); Extremities by David Lubar (eb, ya, hc).

  Aug ’13: Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow (r, ya, tp).

  Sep ’13: Antigoddess by Kendare Blake (eb, ya, hc); Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (r, hc, ya, tp); Ender’s Shadow by Orson Scott Card (r, tp).

  Oct ’13: Renegade by J.A. Souders (r, ya, tp).

  Nov ’13: Revelations by J.A. Souders (eb, ya, hc).

  Jan ’14: Breaking Point by Kristen Simmons (r, ya, tp).

  Feb ’14: The Nightmare Affair by Mindee Arnett (r, ya, tp); Three by Kristen Simmons (eb, ya, tp).

  Mar ’14: The Nightmare Dilemma by Mindee Arnett (ya, hc); Resistance by Jenna Black (ya, tp).

  TOR/FORGE

  Apr ’13: Code White by Scott Britz-Cunningham (eb, hc).

  May ’13: Sold for Endless Rue by Madeleine E. Robins (a, eb, hc).

  Jun ’13: Transgressions: Sharyn McCrumb: The Resurrection Man/Joyce Carol Oates: The Corn Maiden/Anne Perry: Hostages ed. by Ed McBain (r, a).

  Jul ’13: Resurrection by Steve Alten (r, h); Cat in a White Tie and Tails by Carole Nelson Douglas (r, a).

  Aug ’13: Cat in an Alien X-Ray by Carole Nelson Douglas (a, eb, hc); Golden Dawn by Thomas M. Kostigen (r, h); Robert the Bruce by Jack Whyte (1st US, a, hc).

  Sep ’13: The Formula for Murder by Carol McCleary (r, a).

  Jan ’14: After Rome by Morgan Llywelyn (r, a, tp); The Sixth Station by Linda Stasi (r).

  Mar ’14: Sold for Endless Rue by Madeleine E. Robins (r, a).

  TOR/ORB

  Jan ’14: Sethra Lavode by Steven Brust (r, tp).

  TOR/SEVEN SEAS

  Oct ’13: Laddertop, Volume 2 by Orson Scott Card, Emily Janice Card & Honoel A. Ibardolaza (gn, art, tp).

  Nov ’13: Ringworld: Volume One by Larry Niven & Sean Lam (gn, art, tp).

  TOR/STARSCAPE

  May ’13: The Planet Thieves by Dan Krokos (eb, ya, hc).

  TWILIGHT TIMES BOOKS

  May ’13: Cassie Scot: ParaNormal Detective by Christine Amsden (eb, tp).

  Jul ’13: Lucid by Natalie Roers (tp).

  TWO DOLLAR RADIO

  May ’13: A Questionable Shape by Bennett Sims (h, tp).

  TYCHE BOOKS

  Apr ’13: Spirit Singer by Edward Willett (r, eb, ya, tp).

  ULYSSES PRESS

  Aug ’13: The Darkness After by Scott B. Williams (ya, tp).

  UNDERWOOD BOOKS

  Nov ’13: Spectrum 20: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art ed. by Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner (art, tp, hc, hc).

  UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRESS/BISON BOOKS

  Apr ’13: Tin God by Teresa Svoboda (r, tp).

  Jul ’13: The End of the Dream by Philip Wylie (r, tp).

  Oct ’13: Magellania by Jules Verne (tp).

  VERTICAL

  Apr ’13: 7 Billion Needles, Volume 1 by Nobuaki Tadano (r, gn, art, eb).

  May ’13: 7 Billion Needles, Volume 2 by Nobuaki Tadano (r, gn, art, eb).

  Jun ’13: 7 Billion Needles, Volume 3 by Nobuaki Tadano (r, gn, art, eb).

  Jul ’13: 7 Billion Needles, Volume 4 by Nobuaki Tadano (r, gn, art, eb).

  Feb ’14: Death and the Flower by Koji Suzuki (c, hc).

  VINCERE PRESS

  Jul ’13: 25 Perfect Days by Mark Tullius (eb, tp).

  VIZ MEDIA/HAIKASORU

  Jan ’14: All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka (r, eb, tp).

  VIZMEDIA/HAIKASORU

  May ’13: Noble V: Greylancer by Hideyuki Kikuchi (eb, tp).

  Jul ’13: The Melancholy of Mechagirl by Catherynne M. Valente (c, eb, tp).

  WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY PRESS

  Jun ’13: Phallos: A Critical Edition by Samuel R. Delany (r, eb, tp); Travel Scholarships by Jules Verne (r, eb, hc).

  Jul ’13: Parabolas of Science Fiction ed. by Brian Attebery & Veronica Hollinger (nf, hc, eb, tp).

  WIZARDS OF THE COAST

  May ’13: Forgotten Realms: Elminster Enraged by Ed Greenwood (r, x).

  Aug ’13: Forgotten Realms: The Companions by R.A. Salvatore (eb, x, hc).

  Oct ’13: Forgotten Realms: The Adversary by Erin M. Evans (eb, x, hc); Forgotten Realms: The Godborn by Paul S. Kemp (eb, x, hc).

  WMG PUBLISHING

  Jul ’13: Snipers by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (eb, tp).

  WORLDWIDE LIBRARY GOLD EAGLE

  May ’13: Rogue Angel: The Vanishing Tribe by Alex Archer (eb); Deathlands: Sins of Honor by James Axler (eb); Outlanders: Sorrow Space by James Axler (eb).

  Jul ’13: Rogue Angel: Clockwork Doomsday by Alex Archer (eb); Deathlands: Storm Breakers by James Axler (eb).

  Aug ’13: Outlanders: Immortal Twilight by James Axler (eb).

  Sep ’13: Rogue Angel: Blood Cursed by Alex Archer (eb); Rogue Angel: Codex by Alex Archer (eb); Deathlands: Dark Fathoms by James Axler (eb).

  Nov ’13: Rogue Angel: Sunken Pyramid by Alex Archer (eb); Deathlands: Motherlode by James Axler; Outlanders: Cosmic Rift by James Axler.

  Jan ’14: Rogue Angel: The Treasure of Lima by Alex Archer; Deathlands: Siren Song by James Axler.

  Feb ’14: Outlanders: Wings of Death by James Axler.

  Mar ’14: Rogue Angel: River of Nightmares by Alex Archer; Deathlands: Hanging Judge by James Axler.

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  BRITISH FORTHCOMING BOOKS BY AUTHOR

  The following list includes current books we haven’t seen plus upcoming releases. Hardcover and trade paperback books
are so noted. If there is no indication, books are mass market paperbacks or we’re not sure.

  There are two lists: the first, selected titles, all originals, is arranged alphabetically by author. This listing includes simultaneous UK & US publications. The second listing is more complete, arranged by publisher and by month.

  This listing contains almost 1,000 titles, approximately 600 of them originals.

  We try to keep our database as accurate and up-to-date as possible. Please send corrections and updates to Ian Covell, 121 Homerton Road, Pallister Park, Middlesbrough, Cleveland TS3 8PN, UK.

  The list is tentative and subject to change, especially in later months. Unless otherwise noted, books are originals. (r) reprint, (h) horror, (ya) young adult, (nf) non-fiction, (c) collection, (na) novella, (a) associational, (om) omnibus, (eb) eb, (gn) graphic novel, (x) media tie-in.

  AARONOVITCH, BEN

  Broken Homes, Orion/Gollancz, Jul 2013 (hc, tp)

  ADAMS, GUY

  The Clown Service, Random House/Ebury/Del Rey UK, Sep 2013 (hc)

  ALDISS, BRIAN

  The Complete Short Stories, Volume One: The 1950s, HarperCollins UK/The Friday Project, Jun 2013 (c, tp)

  Finches of Mars, HarperCollins UK/The Friday Project, Jun 2013 (r, hc)

  ARMSTRONG, KELLEY

  Omens, Sphere, Aug 2013 (eb, hc)

  ASHBY, MADELINE

  iD: The Second Machine Dynasty, Angry Robot, Jul 2013 (pb, eb)

  ASHER, NEAL

  Jupiter War, Macmillan/Tor UK, Sep 2013 (hc, tp)

  BAXTER, STEPHEN

  Proxima, Orion/Gollancz, Sep 2013 (hc)

  BOND, GWENDA

  The Woken Gods, Angry Robot/Strange Chemistry, Jul 2013 (ya, eb, tp)

  BROWN, ERIC

  The Colony Quartet, Volume 1, PS Publishing, Mar 2014 (na, hc)

  Weird Space: Satan’s Reach, Rebellion/Abaddon, Aug 2013 (tp)

  BUTCHER, JIM

  Skin Game, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Dec 2013 (eb, hc)

  CAMERON, MILES

  The Fell Sword, Orion/Gollancz, Nov 2013 (hc, tp)

  CAMPBELL, ALAN

  The Art of Hunting, Macmillan/Tor UK, Nov 2013 (tp)

  CAMPBELL, RAMSEY

  The Pretence, PS Publishing, Oct 2013 (h, na, hc)

  CARRIGER, GAIL

  Curtsies and Conspiracies, Little, Brown UK/Atom, Nov 2013 (ya, eb, tp)

  CHARLTON, BLAKE

  Spellbreaker, Harper Voyager, Feb 2014 (hc)

  CONNELL, BRENDAN S.

  The Metanatural Adventures of Dr. Black, PS Publishing, Jul 2013 (c, hc)

  CORNELL, PAUL

  Severed Streets, Macmillan/Tor UK, Dec 2013 (tp)

  CROWTHER, PETER, ed.

  Four for Fantasy, PS Publishing, Oct 2013 (na, hc)

  DALGLISH, DAVID

  A Dance of Cloaks, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Oct 2013 (eb, tp)

  DEAS, STEPHEN

  The Dragon Queen, Orion/Gollancz, Aug 2013 (hc, tp)

  DONALDSON, STEPHEN

  The Last Dark, Orion/Gollancz, Oct 2013 (hc)

  ELLIOTT, KATE

  Cold Steel, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Jun 2013 (eb, tp)

  FFORDE, JASPER

  Dark Reading Matter, Hodder & Stoughton, Jul 2013 (hc)

  Dragonslayer, Hodder & Stoughton, Jan 2014 (hc)

  FOWLER, CHRISTOPHER

  Plastic, Rebellion/Solaris, Aug 2013 (tp)

  GAIMAN, NEIL

  Fortunately, the Milk, Bloomsbury, Sep 2013 (ya, tp)

  The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Headline Review, Jun 2013 (hc)

  GIBSON, GARY

  Marauder, Macmillan/Tor UK, Sep 2013 (hc)

  GOODKIND, TERRY

  The Third Kingdom, HarperCollins UK, Aug 2013 (hc)

  GOYER, DAVID S.

  Heaven’s Fall (with Michael Cassutt), Macmillan/Tor UK, Aug 2013 (hc)

  GRANT, MIRA

  Parasite, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Oct 2013 (h, eb, tp)

  GREENFIELD, SUSAN

  2121: A Tale from the Next Century, Head of Zeus, Jul 2013 (hc)

  GRIFFIN, KATE

  Glass God, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Jul 2013 (eb, tp)

  HEADLEY, MARIA DAHVANA

  The Dark Lady, Transworld/Bantam UK, Feb 2014 (tp)

  HOLT, TOM

  When It’s a Jar, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Dec 2013 (eb, tp)

  HORWOOD, WILLIAM

  Winter, Macmillan, Dec 2013 (hc)

  HOWARD, JONATHAN L.

  Katya’s War, Angry Robot/Strange Chemistry, Nov 2013 (ya, pb, eb)

  JEAPES, BEN

  Phoenicia’s Worlds, Rebellion/Solaris, Aug 2013 (pb, eb)

  JONES, STEPHEN, ed.

  Fearie Tales, Quercus/Jo Fletcher, Oct 2013 (tp, eb, hc)

  The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 24, Robinson, Oct 2013 (h, tp)

  JOYCE, GRAHAM

  The Year of the Ladybird, Orion/Gollancz, Jun 2013 (hc)

  KING, STEPHEN

  Doctor Sleep, Hodder & Stoughton, Sep 2013 (hc)

  Joyland, Titan/Hard Case Crime, Jun 2013 (a, tp)

  KOONTZ, DEAN

  Innocence, HarperCollins UK, Jan 2014 (hc)

  KRISTJANSSON, SNORRI

  Swords of Good Men, Quercus/Jo Fletcher, Aug 2013 (tp, hc, eb)

  KRISTOFF, JAY

  Kinslayer, Macmillan/Tor UK, Sep 2013 (hc)

  LAFFERTY, MUR

  Ghost Train to New Orleans, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Mar 2014 (h, eb, tp)

  LAWRENCE, MARK

  Emperor of Thorns, Harper Voyager, Aug 2013 (hc)

  LLOYD, TOM

  Moon’s Artifice, Orion/Gollancz, Jul 2013 (hc)

  LOCKE, KATE

  Long Live the Queen, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Nov 2013 (eb, tp)

  LORD, KAREN

  The Galaxy Game, Quercus/Jo Fletcher, Feb 2014 (tp, eb, hc)

  LOVEGROVE, JAMES

  Age of Godpunk, Rebellion/Solaris, Sep 2013 (tp)

  LYNCH, SCOTT

  The Republic of Thieves, Orion/Gollancz, Oct 2013 (eb, hc)

  MacLEOD, IAN R.

  The Reparateur of Strasbourg, PS Publishing, Oct 2013 (h, na, hc)

  MAMATAS, NICK

  The Last Weekend, PS Publishing, Aug 2013 (h, hc)

  MATHESON, RICHARD CHRISTIAN

  Ritual of Illusion, PS Publishing, Oct 2013 (h, na, hc)

  McAULEY, PAUL

  Evening’s Empires, Orion/Gollancz, Jul 2013 (hc, tp)

  McDONALD, IAN

  The Best of Ian MacDonald, PS Publishing, Oct 2013 (c, na, hc)

  Empress of the Sun, Quercus/Jo Fletcher, Jan 2014 (tp, eb, hc)

  MEANEY, JOHN

  Resonance, Orion/Gollancz, Dec 2013 (hc, tp)

  MILLAR, MARTIN

  The Anxiety of Kalix the Werewolf, Little, Brown UK/Piatkus, Aug 2013 (tp)

  MOON, ELIZABETH

  Limits of Power, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Jun 2013 (eb, tp)

  MORDEN, SIMON

  Arcanum, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Nov 2013 (eb, tp)

  PARKS, RICHARD

  To Break the Demon Gate, PS Publishing, Nov 2013 (hc)

  PINBOROUGH, SARAH

  Beauty, Orion/Gollancz, Oct 2013 (tp)

  Charm, Orion/Gollancz, Jul 2013 (tp)

  The Language of Dying, Quercus/Jo Fletcher, Dec 2013 (eb, hc)

  PRATCHETT, TERRY

  The Long War (with Stephen Baxter), Transworld/Doubleday UK, Jun 2013 (hc)

  PRIEST, CHRISTOPHER

  The Adjacent, Orion/Gollancz, Jun 2013 (hc)

  RANKIN, ROBERT

  The Chickens of Atlantis and Other Fowl and Filthy Fiends, Orion/Gollancz, Sep 2013 (c, hc)

  REES, ROD

  The Demi-Monde, Book IV: Fall, Quercus/Jo Fletcher, Aug 2013 (tp, eb, hc)

  REYNOLDS, ALASTAIR

  On the Steel Breeze, Orion/Gollancz, Aug 2013 (hc)

  ROBERTS, ADAM

  I, Soddit, Orion/Gollancz, Sep 2013 (hc)

  Twenty Trillion Leagues Under the Sea (with Mahendra Singh), Orion/Gollancz, Feb 2014 (hc)
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  ROBINSON, KIM STANLEY

  Shaman, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Sep 2013 (eb, hc)

  ROBSON, JUSTINA

  The Glorious Angels, Orion/Gollancz, Feb 2014 (tp)

  SANDERSON, BRANDON

  Legion and The Emperor’s Soul, Orion/Gollancz, Aug 2013 (c, hc)

  Steelheart, Orion/Gollancz, Sep 2013 (hc)

  SAPKOWSKI, ANDRZEJ

  The Time of Contempt, Orion/Gollancz, Jul 2013 (hc)

  SHEVDON, MIKE

  The Eighth Court, Angry Robot, Jun 2013 (pb, eb)

  SIEGEL, JAN

  The Devil’s Apprentice, Rebellion/Ravenstone, Oct 2013 (ya, eb, tp)

  SIMMONS, DAN

  The Abominable, Sphere, Oct 2013 (hc)STRAHAN, JONATHAN, ed.

  Fearsome Journeys, Rebellion/Solaris, Jun 2013 (tp)

  STROSS, CHARLES

  Neptune’s Brood, Little, Brown UK/Orbit, Jul 2013 (hc)

  TEM, STEVE RASNIC

  Blood Kin, Rebellion/Solaris, Mar 2014 (h, pb, eb)

  TIDHAR, LAVIE

  The Violent Century, PS Publishing, Oct 2013 (hc)

  VALENTE, CATHERYNNE M.

  The Ice Puzzle, PS Publishing, Jul 2013 (na, hc)

  WILLIAMS, MAZARKIS

  The Tower Broken, Quercus/Jo Fletcher, Sep 2013 (tp, eb, hc)

  WILLIAMS, TAD

  Happy Hour in Hell, Hodder & Stoughton, Sep 2013 (hc)

  WILLIS, CONNIE

  Time is the Fire: The Best of Connie Willis, Orion/Gollancz, Aug 2013 (c, tp)

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  BRITISH FORTHCOMING BOOKS BY PUBLISHER

  ALLISON & BUSBY

  May ’13: Fall of Night by Rachel Caine.

  Jul ’13: The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley (r, tp).

  Sep ’13: Named of the Dragon by Susanna Kearsley (tp).

  Nov ’13: Daylighters by Rachel Caine.

  ANGRY ROBOT

  Apr ’13: The Marching Dead by Lee Battersby (pb, eb); The Age Atomic by Adam Christopher (pb, eb, tp); Black Feathers by Joseph d’Lacey (pb, eb).

  May ’13: The World House Complete by Guy Adams (om, eb, eb); The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu (pb, eb).

  Jun ’13: The Eighth Court by Mike Shevdon (pb, eb); Any Other Name by Emma Newman (pb, eb); The Blue Blazes by Chuck Wendig (pb, eb).

  Jul ’13: iD: The Second Machine Dynasty by Madeline Ashby (pb, eb); A Discourse in Steel by Paul Kemp (pb, eb).

  Aug ’13: Known Devil by Justin Gustainis (pb, eb); The Big Reap by Chris F. Holm (pb, eb); Three by Jay Posey (pb, eb); Empire of Blood by Gav Thorpe (om, eb).